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Mr. DeVyver spoke of the excellent conditions for collecting in the Inter- 

 state Park, describing the 28 days he spent there, during the early summer, 

 about 3% miles back in the woods from Tompkin's Cove, N. Y., of which most 

 were rainy. 



Mr. Beyer, upon special invitation by the President, regretted that his 

 years prevented activity in the field ; but in allusion to Mr. DeVyver's com- 

 ments on the extreme rains of the early summer, recalled his contrary experi- 

 ences in Lower California, when for six months no rain whatever fell. 



Mr. Dow said that Mr. Grossbeck and he found no scarcity of rain in the 

 Blue Mountains of Jamaica, where it actually rained every day, and the choice 

 lay between roasting in a rain coat or getting a daily wetting. The reports of 

 the local weather bureau show that such daily rains have continued for at 

 least IS years. 



